A federal judge from New York ordered Eddy Alexandre, founder of the Cryptographic Platform collapsed Emanifx, to pay more than $ 228 million on return after having judged that the company was a PONZI program which has frauds of thousands of investors.
The American Committee Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a summary judgment against Alexandre and Eminifx, the American district judge Valerie Caproni holding them jointly responsible for more than $ 228 million in restitution and an additional $ 15 million respect, according to a judicial file on Tuesday.
“Defenders Alexandre and Emanifx are jointly and separated from paying a total amount of $ 228,576,962,” said the court. “The defendant Alexandre is required to pay an amount of $ 15,049,500.”
The decision comes more than three years after Alexander was charged for the first time and more than a year after pleading guilty in a parallel criminal case.
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Emanifx was launched in 2021 and quickly attracted more than 25,000 investors, raising more than $ 262 million in just eight months. The company has promised weekly yields from 5% to 9.99% through a “account assisted by robo-adviser advisers” which would have deployed automated negotiation strategies in the Crypto and Forex markets.
In reality, court documents show that the platform has undergone net losses of at least $ 49 million and has never deployed the technology it has announced.
According to investigators, Alexandre has siphone at least $ 15 million for personal use, funding credit card invoices, luxury cars and cash withdrawals. Meanwhile, investor withdrawals were paid using funds ordered from new participants.
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The fall of Alexandre began in May 2022 when the prosecutors and the CFTC filed parallel actions. In the criminal affair, he admitted to the fraud of raw materials and was sentenced to nine years in prison, as well as a restitution order of $ 213 million.
The civil affair, now concluded by the Caproni ordinance, adds a mandate of restitution and parallel disgorgement, although any payment to the restitution “compensates for its obligation of decoration”, according to the decision of the Court.
The receiver appointed by the court, which oversees the recovery and distribution of assets since 2022, began to pay funds recovered from victims earlier this year after the approval of a distribution plan in January.
According to Certik, hack losses, Crypto scams and exploits reached $ 2.47 billion in the first half of 2025. While the second quarter saw $ 800 million lost on 144 incidents, a decrease of 52% and 59 hacks less compared to the first quarter, the total of the year has until now increased by almost 3% compared to 2024.
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